The Redhead and the Cowboy is a 1951 American Western film directed by Leslie Fenton and starring Glenn Ford and Rhonda Fleming. Plot Late in the American Civil War, the New Mexico Territory is full of spies and guerrillas for both sides. Local cowboy Gil Kyle, realizing that many of these people are merely criminals out for themselves, tries to do his work and steer clear of the conflict. But he keeps running into violence and hostility. And after a brief encounter with a beautiful new saloon girl, he stumbles into a crime scene and becomes a fugitive wanted for murder. His only alibi is the girl, Candace Bronson, who has disappeared. She turns out to be aiding the Confederate cause, and has fled to deliver a vital message about a Union gold shipment. Kyle sets off in pursuit of her. Along the way, he runs into desperadoes, government agents, guerrilla fighters, and renegades—some whose true loyalties are unclear. Cast Glenn Ford as Gil Kyle Edmond O'Brien as Maj. Dunn Jeffers (Union intelligence officer) Rhonda Fleming as Candace Bronson Alan Reed as Col. Lamartine (Confederate leader) Morris Ankrum as the Sheriff Edith Evanson as Mrs. Barrett Perry Ivins as Mr. Barrett (owner, Lazy Y Ranch) Janine Perreau as Mary Barrett Douglas Spencer as Perry (Union agent) Ray Teal as Brock (Union agent) Ralph Byrd as Capt. Andrews King Donovan as Munro (Lamartine's henchman) Tom Moore as Gus (bartender, Golden Trail Saloon Jeff York as Lt. Wylie (uncredited) Emory Parnell as Northern Sympathizer Barfly References Further reading External links 1951 films 1951 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films American Civil War films American Western (genre) films Films directed by Leslie Fenton Films scored by David Buttolph Paramount Pictures films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films